Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist in United States during 2025 is USD 160,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 3224 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Data Scientist salary lies between USD 126,900 and USD 204,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Data Scientist
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 3224
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Python, Machine Learning and Statistics. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 5045 jobs Machine Learning | 4764 jobs Statistics | 3975 jobs Engineering | 3820 jobs SQL | 3665 jobs Computer Science | 2776 jobs ML models | 2448 jobs Mathematics | 2368 jobs Research | 2363 jobs R | 2344 jobs AWS | 2051 jobs Testing | 1897 jobs Deep Learning | 1755 jobs Pipelines | 1583 jobs LLMs | 1574 jobs Data analysis | 1561 jobs GCP | 1442 jobs TensorFlow | 1373 jobs Data visualization | 1370 jobs NLP | 1305 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Data Scientist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Data Scientist job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 4447 jobs Health care | 2193 jobs Equity / stock options | 1601 jobs Startup environment | 1584 jobs Competitive pay | 1556 jobs Insurance | 1458 jobs Flex hours | 1445 jobs Salary bonus | 1265 jobs Parental leave | 1004 jobs Flex vacation | 979 jobs Team events | 902 jobs Medical leave | 877 jobs 401(k) matching | 542 jobs Wellness | 535 jobs Conferences | 300 jobs Transparency | 234 jobs Home office stipend | 195 jobs Relocation support | 189 jobs Fitness / gym | 154 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 144 jobsRelated salaries
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